From The MEMRI Archives: Iranian Regime Threats To Assassinate President Trump
MEMRI Reports On Iranian Regime Threat To Assassinate Trump
MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11864, Iranian Regime Mouthpiece 'Kayhan' To Iranian President: 'Mr. Pezeshkian, Iran Has Planned, And Is Planning, To Assassinate Trump', March 4, 2025
MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11956, Hossein Shariatmadari, 'Kayhan' Editor And Close Associate Of Supreme Leader Khamenei: 'The Day Is Not Far Off When A Few Bullets Will Be Fired Into Trump's Hollow Head To Avenge The Blood Of The Martyr [Qassem] Soleimani' – This Is A 'Religious And Islamic Principle' And Khamenei's 'Promise And Clear Position' Of Vengeance; 'Vengeance May Come At Any Possible Moment – We Are Ready, We Will Wait Until The Time Is Right' May 1, 2025
MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11783, While Iranian President Pezeshkian Claims Iran 'Never' Plotted Trump Assassination And 'Never Will,' Iranian Regime Mouthpiece 'Kayhan' Declared That 'There Is No Guarantee' Trump Is Safe From Punishment For Soleimani's Killing And U.S. Authorities Charged A Suspect In Iranian Trump Assassination Plot, January 15, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11783, While Iranian President Pezeshkian Claims Iran 'Never' Plotted Trump Assassination And 'Never Will,' Iranian Regime Mouthpiece 'Kayhan' Declared That 'There Is No Guarantee' Trump Is Safe From Punishment For Soleimani's Killing And U.S. Authorities Charged A Suspect In Iranian Trump Assassination Plot, January 15, 2025.
Special Dispatch No. 11717, Despite Iranian Foreign Ministry's Denials, Regime Mouthpiece Outlet 'Kayhan' Writes: Punishing The Murderers Of IRGC Qods Force Commander Qasem Soleimani Is Still On The Table; There Is No Guarantee That Trump Is Safe From Punishment, December 6, 2024.
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11542, Iranian Politician Hossein Kanani Moghaddam On Trump's Re-Election: The Sword Of Revenge For Qassem Soleimani Will Continue To Hover Over Trump's Head, November 6, 2024.
Special Dispatch No. 11665, Reactions In Iran To Trump's Election Victory: 'The Return Of The Murderer'; 'The Sword Of Vengeance… Hovers Above Trump's Head'; 'America – The Great Satan'; 'Iran And The Resistance Axis Are Ready', November 8, 2024.
Special Dispatch No. 11454, Since The U.S.'s January 2020 Killing Of IRGC Qods Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, Iranian Regime Officials Have Reiterated Their Intent To Assassinate Trump In Retribution – But Today, Iran Denies Any Connection To The July 13 Assassination Attempt Against Him, July 17, 20204.
Special Dispatch No. 8960, 'Kayhan' Editor Shariatmadari To Trump: The IRGC Will Take Revenge Against You Personally For Your Involvement In Killing Of Qods Force Commander Soleimani, October 8, 2020.
MEMRI TV Clips On Iranian Regime Threat To Assassinate Trump
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11764, Iranian International Affairs Expert Mostafa Khoshcheshm Refutes President Pezeshkian's Claim That Iran Never Plotted to Kill Trump: We Put a Price on His Head, I Remember Several Officials Talking about Killing Him, January 15, 2025
MEMRI TV Clip No. 9303, Iranian Animation Posted On Khamenei's Website Depicts Targeted Assassination Of Former President Trump At Mar-A-Lago: 'Revenge Is Definite,' January 12, 2022
MEMRI TV Clip No. 10042, IRGC-Affiliated Telegram Channel Threatens To Kill Former President Trump, Top U.S. Defense Officials, Using Guns, Bombs, Poison To Avenge Qassem Soleimani Assassination, January 9, 2023
MEMRI TV Clip No. 7702, Iranian Video Depicts Assassination of President Trump as Revenge for Soleimani's Death; Caption Reads: 'If You Begin the War, We Will End the War,' January 6, 2020.
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